Most STF commandos in Colombo have been deployed to protect three VVIPs

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Sri Lanka- Most STF commandos in Colombo protecting three VVIPs​

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Most Special Task Force commandos based in Colombo have been deployed to protect three VVIPs, it was revealed at the Parliament Select Committee hearing on the Easter Sunday attacks today.
Responding to a questioned posed by former Army Commander, Parliamentarian Sarath Fonseka, Commandant of the Special Task Force (STF) Senior DIG M.R. Latiff said that there are 3137 STF commandos operating in Colombo.
Of that, he said that 2245 STF commandos have been deployed to protect VVIPs.
Asked if most of the 2245 STF commandos have been assigned to protect three VVIPs, DIG M.R. Latiff said yes.

Fonseka then questioned the use of several top commandos to protect just three VVIPs. (Colombo Gazette)
https://menafn.com/1098805907/Most-STF-commandos-in-Colombo-protecting-three-VVIPs

 

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සක්කිලි රස්සාවක් ඕක නම්. කරන්න තියෙන්නේ එක්කෝ දෙසපලුවෝ රකින එක නැත්නම් මිනි මරණ එක.

 

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සක්කිලි රස්සාවක් ඕක නම්. කරන්න තියෙන්නේ එක්කෝ දෙසපලුවෝ රකින එක නැත්නම් මිනි මරණ එක.

Their uniform including green beret maybe disputed & often falsely reported as para-military unit.

The Special Task Force has been accused of various human rights abuses including extrajudicial killings and involvement in the disappearance of individuals.

• According to a United Nations commissioned study conducted in 1997, the STF was the arresting agency in 5% of the 1219 reported cases of disappearances in the Batticaloa district in North Eastern Province between 1988 and 1996.[26]
• Additionally, after a visit to Sri Lanka from 24 August to 5 September in the same year, UN Special Rapporteur Bacre Waly Ndiaye reported the existence of allegations that individuals had died "while in the custody of the Special Task Force of Sri Lanka in Colombo".[27]
• At least two incidents of extrajudicial killings involving members of the STF have also been noted by the Sri Lankan government or outside observers. Following the newest round of fighting between the government and the LTTE starting in April 1994, the mutilated bodies of between 21 and 31 Tamil males were discovered in rivers and lakes near Colombo.[28]
• On 17 August ten STF officers (and fifteen others) were charged with committing the murders, which allegedly took place at the STF headquarters in Colombo. In addition, at least 17 extrajudicial killings were carried out by Sri Lankan security forces (including the STF) in Eastern Province in retaliation for LTTE attacks. Human rights monitors determined the deceased to be civilians, but security forces maintained that they were LTTE members.[29][30]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Task_Force_(Sri_Lanka)